Today we'll talk about Doomberg's claim that sanctions such as those that some Republicans want to impose on Russia (and Trump seems to be considering) are a bad idea.

Katie Heineman works with the San Diego Zoo and is a Program officer with IUCN Species Survival Commission Center. We'll talk about the fascinating "Frozen Zoo".

We'll talk about Denver's economic and population struggles, in something of a contrast to the sunny optimism we got from Mayor Johnston yesterday.

Mike Johnston is the mayor of Denver. I like Mike though we probably only agree about half the time. I've been looking forward to this conversation and hope you find it informative. 

Tom Mullaney is professor of history and of East Asian languages at Stanford, and he has one of the most awesomely nerdy areas of interest and research that I've seen in a long time: Chinese typewriters and early Chinese computers (not necessarily electronic)

And... hot dogs.

Tom Mullaney is professor of history and of East Asian languages at Stanford, and he has one of the most awesomely nerdy areas of interest and research that I've seen in a long time: Chinese typewriters and early Chinese computers (not necessarily electronic)

Mike Johnston is the mayor of Denver. I like Mike though we probably only agree about half the time. I've been looking forward to this conversation and hope you find it informative.

In September 2023, I had the then-new Colorado Poet Laureate, Andrea Gibson, on the show. I found her very interesting and really wanted to go see/hear her do a live poetry reading. I never did, and now I never will. Andrea passed away yesterday, about four years after being diagnosed with cancer.